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July 26, 2005
Terrorism At Its Best
Humanity at its weakest. Initially, it seemed Muslim terrorists were mainly after the ostentatious American capitalist epicenter, New York City. After the suicide bombings in London, and the knee-jerk shooting of a "suspicious" Brazilian man by London Police on the subway (NYT). It seems real fear of dark-skinned attacks is creeping into our everyday existence everywhere.
A flight from LAX to LHR was grounded in Boston due to "suspicious" activity from a group of Pakistanis (NYT). Maybe the crew saved lives, and maybe the London police really did sense something truly wrong, but how is all this mistreatment justifiable? And when did some lives become more important than others? Have these "anti-terrorism responses" become our standard of behavior? It's open fire as we are killing as to not be killed, and extreme confrontational behavior has become the norm.
Posted by Catherine at July 26, 2005 11:15 AM